Reflector



Jan. 12 ,1926. 1,569,816

P.M.LARSEN REFLECTOR Filed July 12, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 lNVENTOR ITTORNEY Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,816

P. M. LARSEN REFLECTOR .Filed July 12, 1924 2 Sheets-Shget 2 f r a 5INVENTOR ATTPRNEY Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,569,816 PATENT] OFFICE PETER M. LARSEN, OF SOUTH BEND.INDIANA.

REFLECTOR.

Application field July 12, 1924. 2 Serial No. 725,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER lii. LAnsEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reflectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a reflector and has for its primary object theconstruction of a reflector by means of which the direction of travel ofthe light rays from the head light of an automobile may be changed atwill by the driver of the automobile.

An object of theinvention is to provide adjustable reflector elementswhich may be thrown at various angles and held in this position.

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the novel support andarrangement of the reflector elements so that light rays will beprevented from striking the eyes of an approaching driver but will be reflected in a direction to properly illuminate the side of the road.

With these and other objects in View the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved reflector in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the control mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the reflector.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 2.

Again referring to the drawings illustrating one of the manyconstructions of my invention the numeral 1 designates a clamp forbinding engagement around the casing 2 of the headlight. This clampincludes a lower support 8 and upper support 4. Any number of reflectingelements 6 may be used having attached to their lower ends the 'pintles7 rotatably mounted in the lower to the shifter 9. By referring toFigures 7 and 8 it will be seen that the shifter con sists of metallicstrips 10 and ii between which is arranged a rubber insert 12. It willbe noted that the holes in the strips are larger than the hole 14 in therubber insert so that the crank arms 8 may have certain limited movementwhile at the same time be held against vibration or rattling.

A bell crank 15 is pivoted to the clamp as indicated at 16 and the lever17 has a pin and slot connection 18 with the shifter while the other arm19 is pivotally connected to the control rod 20. tends rearwardly to beconnected to a centrally pivoted lever 21 which in turn is connected tothe control handle 22 by the link 28.

By referring to Figures 3 and 9 it will be seen that the lever 21 isprovided with a rib 24 moving over the corrugated surface 25 of a disc26, which is clamped to the post 27 by the clamp 28.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing it will be seen that I provide a reflector that the driver of anautomobile may very readily change the direction of travel of light raysby operating the handle 22 for shifting the inclination of the reflectorelements. It will also be noted that the parts are readily held in theiradjusted position by the lock device illustrated as the rib 24 andcorrugations 25.

It is of course to be understood that the reflectors may be arranged inother relations and supported in other manners and shifted in other Waysthan illustrated, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any mannerexcept as set forth in the claims hereunto appended. Having thusdescribed my invention what I claim is:

l. A reflector comprising a support, a plurality of reflector elementssupported for swinging movement in the support, a shifter connected toall of the elements to simultaneously swing same, a bell crank leverconnected to the support and having a pin and slot connection with theshifter, a rod pivoted to and extending from the bell crank, a centrallypivoted lever pivotally connected to the control rod and provided with arib, a lock disc cooperating with the rib, and an operating handle, anda link between the lever and operating handle.

This control rod 20 ex- 2. A plurality of reflecting elements supportedfor swinging movement means for simultaneously swinging said elements, acontrol rod connected to said means, a centrally pivoted lever connectedto the control rod and provided with a rib, a locking disc cooperatingwith the rib and means having connection with the centrally pivotedlever for imparting movement to the same.

3. A plurality of reflecting elements supported for swinging movement,means for simultaneously swinging raid elcnn-nts, n centrall pivotedlever connected It one end to said means and provided with :1 rib, alock disc cooperating with lhe rib and means having connection with theother end of the pivoted lever for imparting movement to the same and tothe reflecting elements.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

PETER M. LARSEN.

